Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment
Resources
Top Funders and NGOs Think Empowering Women Farmers Can Reduce Hunger. Are They Right?
International
In 2017, about 11 percent of the world’s population—around 821 million—was undernourished, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This data confirms a…
Colombia: This Colombian Village Is Redefining Its Future with Rice and Coconuts [Photos]
International
In northwestern Colombia, a small community plagued by drug cartels and deforestation is using local produce to change its fate.
Leading Practices in Natural Resource Governance Workshop
Event
The Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI) is pleased to invite you to our Leading Practices in Natural Resource Governance Workshop. The workshop will feature participants from…
Left Behind- the Mongolian Herders Living at Home With Mum
Blog
“I am one of the woman-headed households in this soum. I have been a herder for many years. For me life is still good, because…
How Much Land Does a Women Need? Women, Land Rights, and Rural Development
Event
For more information and to register, please visit https://genderandsecurity.org/projects-resources/consortium-lectures/how-much-land-does-woman-need-women-land-rights-and-rural.
Where: University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, USA
When: 18 April 2019
Organizers: Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights, University of Massachusetts…
Webinar: Gender Equality in Agriculture: Leveraging Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Women's Empowerment
Event
Gender equality in agriculture remains a challenge. Unequal power structures in rural households mean women often have difficulty accessing food for themselves, even though they…
Titling Priorities
Blog
Maritza Losada moved to Puerto Guadalupe, Meta five years ago when her husband found a job with a large biomass energy company that grows sugar cane. She…
United Kingdom: Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) - Knowledge Hub Coordinator
Job
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.
Do you have experience in knowledge management and learning processes, to…
The Essential Triad: Water, Gender and Integrity
Blog
Water is critical for socio-economic development, energy and food production, healthy ecosystems, and human survival. Although 2.6 billion people have gained access to improved drinking…
Pig Pens Power a Solution to Climate Change in Vietnam
Blog
When Trin Gim first started her biogas digester business, she raised many eyebrows. In the little district of Ung Hoa, located south of Viet Nam’s…
Gender Equality? Add Water
Blog
Imagine having to wait all day to defecate in the dark, just to get the tiniest semblance of privacy—and then getting raped because you went…
Environmental Issues Are Ravaging the Middle East - Why Aren't Newsrooms Taking It Seriously?
Blog
Safe water is the most basic need for humans. It is life. And yet water crises – which are often man made and have solutions – never get…
South Sudan, Where a Water Crisis Is Leading to Child Kidnappings and Rape
Blog
For a split second it looked like the young South Sudanese woman and her baby, swaddled in a cloth-carrier on her back, were taking a…
Ten Years after the Global Food Crisis, Rural Women Still Bear the Brunt of Poverty and Hunger
International
The “Global Report on Food Crises”, released today by the Food Security Information Network, says that more than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced…
Iraq: Basra Votes in Favour of Being Autonomous Region in Iraq
International
The Basra provincial council unanimously voted on Monday to turn the oil-rich southern governorate into an autonomous region. Head of the Basra provincial council, Sabah…
Land Is Power: How Land Rights Can Enfranchise Liberia's Women
Blog
Liberia is in the throes of finalising one of Africa’s most progressive land rights laws but its potential will be thwarted if women are excluded. So…
Angelina Jolie Says Gender Equality Is the Secret to World Peace
International
Angelia Jolie is urging the world to support gender equality to promote world peace.
The actress and United Nations special envoy delivered a speech at the…
Oceania: Social Scientist for Gender and Youth Studies
Job
The Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) is the competence centre for global labour mobility in the international cooperation activities of the German Government.…
South Sudan: Women Protection & Empowerment Program Coordinator
Job
The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Women's Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Coordinator is responsible for strategy…
Gender Research in Integrated Pest Management: Unlocking Food Security
Blog
Agricultural production is only one of many factors that impacts global food security. A Virginia Tech team has found that some factors, like gender, take…
Liberia: Government of Liberia to Train More Rural Women as Solar Energy Technicians
International
The Government of Liberia, in partnership with the Barefoot College of India, is planning to open a Vocational Training Center at the Grand Bassa Community…
Resource Scarcity: Water Scarcity Poses 'Fundamental Risk to Stability,' New Report Finds
International
Ensuring equal access to water is a key component to maintaining societal stability and preventing conflict in fragile states, according to a new report by the…
'Balance For Better' Does Little to Address Issues Facing Women
Blog
International Women’s Day had radical roots: at the turn of the 20th century, thousands of women came together to protest dismal working conditions, long hours, and…
Women Are 'on the Front Lines' of Defending Land
Blog
When gold miners operating illegally near her farm in southern Colombia fouled the stream where she watered her cows, Mary Alis Ramírez tried to have…
Land Is Power: How Land Rights Can Enfranchise Liberia's Women
Blog
Liberia is in the throes of finalising one of Africa’s most progressive land rights laws but its potential will be thwarted if women are excluded.
Climate Change: Empowering Women on the Frontlines of Climate Change
International
While the scene is age-old, the number of women farmers—and those performing traditionally male roles—has grown out of the impacts of climate change and environmental…
Ghana's Queen Fishmongers: Balancing Gender for Sustainable Fisheries
Blog
When we think about fishing, we typically conjure a very distinct image: boats at sea, manned. But that is only half the story, as the…
Women Underrepresented in Formal Peace Process, Study Finds
International
YANGON—More than 670 women are contributing to peace building in Myanmar, representing nearly 400 organizations, but only about one quarter of them serve as delegates…
Myanmar: Villagers Say Banana Business Threatens Their Way of Life
International
Villagers and farmers protesting against the practices of a nearby banana plantation held a press conference at Mandalay monastery in Myitkyina township of Kachin State…
Afghanistan: Improving Livelihoods of Afghan Women through Credit Shura
International
One of the most difficult challenges for female farmers and women who operate agriculture-related businesses in Afghanistan is access to credit. In addition, many women…